Petaurista nobilis

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Pteromyini
Genus : Petaurista

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324287

Original name as described

Sciuropterus nobilis

Other common names

Gray's Giant Flying Squirrel · Noble Giant Flying Squirrel · Mishmi Giant Flying Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.529

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/898ce33b-8cc8-43d6-a0b9-a38e7aaeeae5

Type locality

Darjeeling, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Nepal · India · Bhutan · China

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described mishmiensis as a subspecies pending further revision

Taxonomy notes citation

Choudhury, A. (2009). One more new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India. Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nat. In NE India. 8: 26–34 · Quan, L. I., Xueyou, L. I., Xiangle, Z. E. N. G., Haotian, B. A. I., Jackson, S., Zhechang, H. U., ... & Xuelong, J. I. A. N. G. (2024). Petaurista nobilis and Priapomys leonardi found in Xizang Autonomous Region of China. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 44(5), 574.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001650

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sciuropterus Crysostrix

(B. H. Hodgson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

crysostrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/323a3e59-b5e6-4f6b-bcc3-6418453109d7

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37127186

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Sciuropterus nobilis

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.529

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/898ce33b-8cc8-43d6-a0b9-a38e7aaeeae5

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324287

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sciuropterus chrysotrix

(B. H. Hodgson, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chrysotrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1844:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Pteromys nobilis

(E. Blyth, 1847)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

866

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126415

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1847:866, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)
  2. Horsfield (1857:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)

Petaurista nobilis singhei

S. S. Saha, 1975

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

singhei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 19643

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista nobilis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16722/22271710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  9. Li, Li, Zeng, Bai, Jackson, Hu, Zhu, Wang, Luo, Luo, Pu, Pu & Jiang (2024:575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68359)

Petaurista nobilis nobilis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista mishmiensis

Choudhury, 2009

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mishmiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 26192

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Newsletter & Journal of The Rhino Foundation for nature in NE India

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45959040/45973151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Petaurista nobilis mishmiensis

Li Quan, Li Xueyou, Zeng Xiangle, Bai Haotian, S. Jackson, Hu Zhechang, Zhu Zhongxu, Wang Siyuan, Luo Kang, Luo Jing, Pu Mingjin, Pu Changzhe, & Jiang Xuelong, 2024

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mishmiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

583

Authority publication

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Name usages

Li, Li, Zeng, Bai, Jackson, Hu, Zhu, Wang, Luo, Luo, Pu, Pu & Jiang (2024:583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68359)

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